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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11

@Ncpotlsn" under Republican Administrations usen
10 be one OF the fayorite topics for Democratic reform
crs dwell upon when they wishedt point to thelr
constituents the utter inqulty OF their political OPP
ponents You do not hear so much about nepotisn
nowadays The word seems TO have been dropped
entirely from the Democratic vocabulary They seem
To have forgotten It's meaning This might seem surprls
ing were not for the fact that these same reormers
have succeeded very well within the two years ana
half they have been In Office In providing ior tne
ktn and kin the Governments expense There s' Tor
instance Secretary Lamars son who draws big saary
for work which else performs a rawbonei'
lackadalsca youth with a wardrobe which might pro-
woke Il Is true the contempt OF Berry WALL but which
here eKctes the envy OF swols with empty pockets lie
il his fathers secretary at least no tries TO MAKE
strangers believe he performs the functions OF
secretary. But his work. 1t would appear, consists
chiefly In tho OF drawing his salary at the end OF
each month And you may depend upon 1t that he does
this with a conscen;iousncss and regularity truly
touching happened to be in the secretary's Office the
other day when some one entered and asked briskly:
" Is the Secretary In ."
~Do you want to SEQ Pawi" mildly replied Lncius
Qulntus Curtius Lamar. jr.
NO, I don't want to see Pawr.' impatientiy re
torted the stranger want to see the Secretary"
We'll, Paw isn't In"
| want to see Secretary Lamar, told you aready'
have some matters OF Importance 10 talk over with him.
I don't care to your SIR. Pawn VINO Is thl'
'Pawr' anyway-neyor beard"
Here a sadden CLEAN OF Intelligence seemed 10 dawn
upon the strangers mind lilo made one bolt Tor tho
door, disappearing as quickly rs he had come
-WeIl. do declared" gasped Lucius Quintus Curtiui
Did you ever"
mo never" chimed in discreet clerk. And then
they retired to AN inner room presumably to talk over
this startling episode.
The services OF Paws" young hopeful arc valued al
81 500 a Yearly" Paw" But Paw " doesn't pay ior
them; oh, mott is tho Government which ioots the
bills.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11

Fancy Fligh-Mrs Mawkns; "Ah Miss pre aIH.
mis- In and amongst old world fashions my fancy taxes
me back along the mazes Of history to-to-to.er-
childhood happy daya"-lFun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11

hint contained In the interview which Ballard smith
recently had President to the probability or
Mr. Cleveland giving up Oak View as place OF resi-
dence after the completion OF his Presidential term mas
struck terror into the hearts OF real estate dealers
they think that it threatens to prick the boom IN SUP
urban property which Washington has enjoyed since ne
| President changed Red Top" into OAK View.
think that every conservative investor In washington
admits that boom Il thoroughly artificial aud mas no
solid basis upon. 1t cannot possibly last mech
longer ana before II bursts let those interested IN II now
| stand from under,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11

One Of the most familiar faces at the Metropolitan
CLUB IA that OF General Bcran who Is known III Army
circles as the Genera OF the sharpshooters Among
and manufacturers he Il known as the author
of "A system OF torpedo defence, the inventor OF the
centrafre cartridge the Beran breechoadng rifle ana
many other things now used Ia the art OF destr9yn9
humanlife But thing the General prOudes or just
now is army record bis inventions. but the TACT
that his n-aw +. Marion Crawford, tie novelst Is
the successful competitor for the position OF poet-
laureate the Philadelphia Constitutional Centennial
The poem will be read from the platform at tine public
exercises October H. Mr. Crawford Is now al HIS
homo in Sorrento. ItalY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11

For the most part these nurses are weiteduoa'ea'
clever Young women refined In manner and gentle In
speech often pretty and generally weilconnec'ea-
know young lady whose father is wealthy ana WHOSE
ho,oe ia all that luxury and grace mako It, who.
having been graduated at Wellesley declined 10 give
herself up TO society, but came to Sew-fork ana
studied In the Training School Last spring called on
friend whose wife was ILL., and there was my .uo
wellesley graduate fastening dainty pearl brooch win
one hand while In the other she held bottle OF medi
cine The spirit which this circumstance suggests
.eems 10 animate all these nurses and even the most
repulsive service doesn't appear to mako them caou'
The nurse In charge OF the wards for insane females
Relevue for instance though she has to do with woked
old witches often as strong oxen and as wi as
marpIes, has not lost her Bosonese accent she
wanders around among her patients, some oil them ao
boring In nsmeiess tongue some utteras wie'a
-,r o,rv tbsir bodies 70 and fro with tho cease
lac. motion of pendulum. some laughing ike loon
laughs in shrili ssnseless soprano. and some singing
.onrs "a nourufl as Ophclias-she goes ABOUT among
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11

Overhead at the banquet" given to the foreign
guests at the Pension Building on Thursday last;
Young English doctor VINO mas been helped TO pate
OF Shell crabs by his American frend-l say, what
are these
Facetious American-They are soft-sbell crabs
caught Immediately after shedding their she'll DO
you like them
y. 4. D. Oh say, they are Jolly good eating. -,
+. A-Wouldnt you like " try some OF our softsheii
oysters
Y. Il. D.-What
J.. A-SOftshell oysters =, .
Y. l.. ID. Thanks not now. Did you say " softshen "
oysters
r. A.-Yes; soft-shell oysters.
Y. l.. D.-That's very curious. Never heard or them
before must put that down. akes note OF 1t, while
surrounding groups turn their faces His book to ap
pear next sprIng)
Fact
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11

90 IN e,eetrc bell that rings the stables near
by The nervous stamping of horses Is heard thro"Sn
the open window. and almost before you unders'ah"
what it means an ambulance whizzes past out the gaze
and away Its warning bell strokes die out as IL Tears
along but In few minutes more they fan again upon
the ear. They grow louder, heavier gong than any
peals forth from the outer gate, announcing the arrival
Of case another bell sounds in the reception ONCE be-
low summonng the physicians in charge, the ambulance
draws I'D to the curb and enderly very tendery the
orderes lift ont couch whereon, bleeding and uncon-
scous lies the body of shot In the head twelve
thousand times o year the ambulances drive up 70
that door and deposit their human freight Victims Oh
misfortune and passion and crime And In hall dozen
other hospitals all the city In dozen more sup
ported by private beray. in countless homes ana asy
lus tho mercfu Of comfort and healing goes on
every day Who says the public Ia beasts
The patient Is an old man. grievously wounded he Is
laid upon O table and carefully examined washed ana
relic ,ed by such applications as VIII render MS suuer
ing less acute. Tue medicines come from drug snop
directly across the hail. larger and better equipped 'han
most OF the apotnecary stores in NewYork Here all
the prescriptions put up and delivered promptly
70 the ward physicians When the old mans wound is
he is carried away to his bed In one OF tne SUI
gicai wards.
The ward-rooms are large and light and airy slight
odor Of ammonia pervsdes the atmosphere ana bears
Witness together with the secured floors and the milk
white fsuiess sheets and pilowcases 70 the Peieo'
Cleanliness of the apartments. The hospital contains
four medical divisions aud four surgical divisions each
including several wards. Sixty three orderhes anu
sixty four female nurses the latter supplied from that
excellent institution the Training School ior Nurses
which is directly ACROSS the street from the hospital
attend constantly upon the patients. Many OF these
ordsrlIes are themselves practising physicians VINO
have secured these places for the sake Of the
experience 70 DO obtained In them Twenviouf
doctors twelve medical and twelve surgical compose
the stat OF regular attendant physicians, al Oh "ho
though young, are experienced and skilful.
Upon almost all the Of tho hospital 10 put
ower the rooms of which contain the basins and baths
ssd closets The tower entirely apart from the wards
and yet readily accessible that the patients may have
~ The beuets Of water and csern attachments wshou'
sW FEASIBILITY OF svi sanitary results. BESIDE eacn
<s cot which ross upon spring mattresses and soft
oeodng Ira little covered table whereon are Kept the
sDalisuts medicine. sd personal belongings Here y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11

piano players sometimes suffer- and the most aggravated
those where the clerk who rattles the typo
writer all the afternoon goes homo and drums the piano
all the evening" There to be something Of poetic
Justice I'm that After the victim has recovered from
attack the skin will peel Off the hand and wrist as after
fever The redeeming feature OF typewriter paralysis
Is that IL apt develop its most violent phases In
species of secondary symptoms at about the expiration
OF the clerks thirty days annual leave with pay This
makes necessary further absence or -FOUR weeks on
sick leave also with pay
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11

1t Labouchere, believe who in Truth once said
that Archibald Forbes enjoyed the rare distinction or
having for fatherinlaw the designer and constructor
OF the ugest building in the world Well, the Pension
Barn practically completed according to the report OF
General Mcigs just handed TO the Secretary OF the In
terror Every time pass 1t think OF General Sheridan
and what he said to General Megs when the latter was
desoantng to him the treproof qualities OF his
factory: ,, .
1t Is the only fanlt have to find with the building"
said " little Phil blunuy.
think there are thousands who with the General OF
the Army express the regret IL Is hdeous strict
question about that And II dlshgures TIE CITY,
/ mg1t almost say for miles around. General Melgs
boosted, Old of the fact recently that 1t was the
only wellventilaed public building In the c Accord
ing 10 his report the roof although sheathe1 win
terra-c0ta tiles, hollow, containing threelnch ar
space, and covered with tarred building felt and TN
above with coats OF limo antsand plaster Delowwss
insufficient 10 mako the rooms in tue upper story OF the
building habitabe IL has been determined To refine
roof with ued sheet iron plates, which II Is hoped
will make these t for occupancy That worn Is
being carried The cost Of the building has not
been fa from one million OF dollars and 1t required 700
coal heat IL last year Truly an econcmical
structure. Recently pot was placed on top OF tne
most prominent chiinney-as an ornament ,ertain
wag declares 1t to have been placed there as decate
compliment 10 the doctors VINO toasted In tue building on
Thursday night; in fact he says 1t Is only hlghly
ornamental and pestle. What the thing Is really
intended for still remains a mystery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11

While wandering about the acoves Of the Patent Office
Library the other day my attention was called to
dapper little man whose quick eye was running over
the index of the nasty volumes OF scientific ana phio
sophical doings OF some English societies.
THAT is terror to patentees and patent
owners" said the assistant librarian at my elbow he
is blackmailer who has ruined the reputation OF many
That little piece OF paper In his hand with sketch ana
few reference figures upon II Is worth many hundred
dollars to him. for its publication financial rum 10
one or lI0re corporations engaged In manufacturing
under patent You see, patent Is granted Tor
something that Is supposed to be An examination
patent is issued But OF the smalness OF the
force there isn't time to make thorough search always
through the vast mass OF literature on every subject 30
1t often happens that given patent as the true
and original inventor OF something that some old PM
losopher hit upon years Our friend, tie black
dusries OF the country, spends his time delvng
among old books and the periodicals puDsned IN
half dozen different languages He taxes notes OF
everything of importance that he finds there some day
he Will stumble across paper contributed TO hoyai
Society OF Bigwigs by some learned old cnap with
scrbes laboratory experiments that were pursued
interesting and dropped as OF no practical Vane BUT
that a5sruso little dscoses to the world the dis
cOyery OF process method In the arts afterwar
re1iscOvered and patented by others. Hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars invested in these pate ns
which wonld be worthless If the courts knew what our
blackmailer has stumbled upon. or course there Is
legitimate side the business also. Wise capitalists
who about to invest In patents pay large sums LOT
just such searches these and Will not buy unless the
report entirely satisfactory But the class OF needless
investors is largo also, and they bleed freely
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

School question--W bat - the
chief product Of Teas r Answer
--Oue hundred and thirty i've
thousand Democratic mzi0Tify.f
Correct.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

kn'ser Wilhelm il is said always
sits Tor a photograph with bis hat
o. oecaEse be l. 20 bald that his
head looks Ike a snow covered
knob.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

Il PURE READING.-Ihe taste tor
pure reading can not be TOO early
cultivated. The careful selection
Ofbooks for the ysuuE, aud watch
ful supervision OF their reading .
matter, can not BE- too strenuou ST.
impressed upon parents and teach
prs. Books are to the young Ell her.
a sav0r of hfe unto life, Or death
unto death; either cOutaminatiug
or purifying, or weakening, :or
strpug heumg to the mind OF the
reader.
/ the first aim OF a public school
~ stem isr0 make men better work
ers, the secOud should be TO make
them thius ers, aud t0 accomplish
this, yauug mlnds must be blOughr
INTO correspondence with the
thoughts aud works OF the great
men OF the past and Of to day.
y He-tenths Of what they have
learned, as arithmetic, Algebra,
geometry and geography, will pass
away as the cares OF life come upon
them. But the taste for pure read
Ing, when acquired, will never pass
away; it viii be OF use every day and
almost every noEr; they WI dud
" refuge and a sOlace in the time
Of adversely, and be happy when
others are sad it will spread from
The father TO the third and fourth
generations.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

New York World.
EX Congressman Frank Jones, OF
New Hampshire, arrived 10 York
from the South Saturday. Mr.
Jones is one of the richest men in
the Granite State and very inhu-
ential Democrat. He spenL some
while South in Florida, and halted
for a week n Washington on bis
return. He said, however. that his
trip had nothing to do with politics,
but was purely health excursion.
ssThe South is booming IN everJ
direction" he added, sand offers
good inducements TO men with
money to invest. The Democratic
party ia 1884 was handicapped by
the charge that the bCsiness inter
ests Of the country would be ruined
by its success. The fallacy has
been exploded, and We shall have a
clear field in the race HexJ year. /
believe that nothing short Of
miracle can prevent our winning
the Presidential contest next year.
/ think that Mr.. Cleveland is the
best man for Us to nominate. /
have been impressed by the fact
that the people | have met 10 mY
travels about the country are we'll
satisfied with Mr.. Cleveland's al
ministratiOn. They know that he
IS honest, sincere and conservative.
/ do know whether Mr.. Cleveland
is candidate for a second term,
but be is the ouIy person who can
prevent his re-nOminatio7 and re
election.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

A MYSTERY SCIENTIFICALLY
EXPLAINED. When Il spirit desires
70 materialIzr, il invariably draas
an aura or p"risprit nom the phys.
Gil body OF the medium Ia the cab
net. Ifpr0per coudiliuus are main
tanned, the process goes on until
about one third OF the medium has
been absorbed b., the splrit, Whra
complete naturalization Oecus.
In This condition the mateiialIzrd
spirit can tearlrsslY &c into the ciF.
ele-in a very dim hght-and mIn-
ltest to those IN the Iss 5 steal ciskeI;
after fifteen or twenty minutes, .
undlsturbed the spirit gradually
dematerializes, passing back into
the pr0strated form 0t The medium.
1t, however, light is flashed upon
the scene at tull matprEiliZafIon,
or the spirit is ''grab6ed' and held
by the strong arm Of a Seeptie, the
necessary TO dematrrlal-
izatI0u are then destroyed, aud the
spirit being unable 10 return to the
medium, at once demateFializrs tbe
balance OF the medium aud draws
him out OF the cabinet in Il gaseous
Cd, and then rrmaterlal
zrs hIm IN the grabbed spirit. Ibls
transformation takes place 50
quickly that the '-grabber' IS Oftea
ieerived into the opinion that be
grabbed the medium instead OF tue
piIil.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

"A Berlin dispatch to the New
York EreaiRg Post states that ths
German Government bsls deeidsa
that persons who have aequIrea
citizenship in the United Sttles,
and lived five years there, have Ias'
their German citizenship and there
fore can be expelled from Germany'
German citizenship cannot be y
gained By perS0Hs who have loss I
by having become citizens Of i0i'
eian States.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

The Psalinist Says All Men Are
Liars.

BrookIyn Eagle.
Il said IA my hasfe,' renal ke'
he psalmiSt. sail mrn are liars.
That there ara more liars la thi
world 10 dav than there were IA
David's times goes without saving
because there are more men. Ant
With this increase Of population
there has sprung into being new
line OF stock liars with whom David
WIS unacq ainted tAir, average
liars, who do a plain, every day
business, and 20 on IN star pdrtS
when the star liar of the c0mbina-
ti0u iS sick or tired or something.
Among these steady professionals
I may be mentioned
The man who ''uever reads the
Newspapers =
The man who 'never sees the
editorial cutting him up until his
attention has been called TO il :"
The candidate who ''iS oui OF poi.
tiles and wouldn't take the nominal
rinn il il WAS offered hm;7
The man who ''pur Cleveland
where he is :"
The man who "never had DAYS
sickness Ia his lie;
The man vino says the captain
told him ''it was the worst storm
he ever experiences, y
The family who was in Europe
three weeks, "aud went evpryw here
and saw every thing;H
The professor who tells you that
IN all his life he s'uever knew child
with one half the msrvel0us tdlent
for {musIc) (drawiug) (elOcusiOu)
tmathemaucs) (anyrhng else) which
your child has already Developed =
The man who ''w0uldn't have TAX
en 800 tor that dOg :"
The man who 'made the mistake
OF his lite when be didn't read tlaw)
lmetiiciae) (rheology) go on the
stageJ;'
The man whose wife .'doesn't ap-
preciate him" a great deal more
accurately than he knows;
The man who whipped every
boy he ever fought with { sch0nl -
The man who ''r0uld take that
Il xt and preach a great deal better
sermon from it, Chan the pastor
lid
Tie man who says ''he wants YOU
10 tell him just what you think" [
ind ''neveF feels hurt at candid /
no MATTER how severe il
81
The man who ''neyer slept Il wink
aSt ight >
The man who "t0hi Somebody 4
'0u never heard ol) the day before
Cleveiand) (Garfeld) (B'aine) was
nominated, Just on what balloU the
would break aud how ir
would go;'
The man who never made but .
one mistake la Judging character
u his Iifc :"
The man who "ran reiuember lie
My lie he ever Todd =
The man who "Was offered 5000
lr that horse The day before he
rent iame r aud
The man VINO .rnull turn u
oubIr hand spring from he .rnuud
HckWaId or inrward, when he was
boy, but hasn't rwed Ig FIR more
lHl fifteen yeuls;' tSomethin.
nh redepmlng impulse Of gra-
ous aud beautiful truth, This bar
ia add, that bee ''docsu|J believe
2 could do l. nowF)
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

Subscribe sud pay for , our i.oue
paper.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

In earthly Journeys, he j. safest
Who stops often to inquire the road
from others T; bat in oar heavenly
lOuFney-our way 10 the righz-tbe
more We inquire from others. the
more We err; the light must cone
from Wifhia, not from WifhOaf.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22
Ghe4emoryat-St,,



"SpeakIng OF duek sboo,;
St. Clair Flats,' sighed sn o. On
citizen, as he took a scar in y old
store yesterday, 1T d0u,t qua
there are as many birds m th.- .''oS
there were ten or fifteen years !. ! -
Why, sir, the ehancels us,.,I 'ya
jnst black with 'prn, and tbav :" y. %
so tame that you could kno.r |sis
on the head.D ea
Every body sighed to tbipk a.
good Old days aad ducks sa.s's .-o's
never return, aud the veteran -ua S.a
er continued. Nuul'
II remember I was out onu
in APril. l got in among the bine%y usy
aud how many do you suppdSa
counted ~ ppOSe
"Three huudFsd,s rgntnrad -
OF the audience aftera long intarv"' ~aS
"Three hundredI WHY. I aI,,.n. ~.
Killed over thousand every lima :
went out No, sir, cnunfed a~.
sixteen thousand great. biu 4.
plump, delicious ducks, and rha"
had only counted hose on ON. III
of the boat r
"H0w how long did it take you ~
Il dou't know, sir, I had no wa,,h
with me. Time in nothing IN a maa
counting ducks. I counted alond
and when the ducks were SmaT
counted two for one. By and hr
got tired OF counting aud gor rp,d1
tor the slaughter"
Veil, how many did yon tiup
"Weil, now, I suppose I could 4,
about it aud say killed nine or ran
hundred, but I'm getting too nsar
the grave for that. mo. didn,
kill a blasted Que, and tha d wbers
the strange part of the story comes
III. When began 70 ift that gnn
up, those dneks kr nat 7 vaa
ap to just as well ~ human ba
ing. and what did they dol Wbr
SIR, about two hundred Of 'em made
a sudden dive, SWAN under tbs
boat, and raised her on her Dorr
side at once and upset herl Yes
sir, they dit, and there was in tEe
North Channel, in ten feet of wafer
boat upset, night coming on. and
a my wet ciOthes.'
"Wpll ~
"Well, l climbed up on the bot.
Om OF the boat, doated five miles.
mt was picked mp by two Indians
Ne flowed THAT upset boat TO an
stand, and here another curious
hing comes in. Under the boat
Fere two hundred ana sixty -foar
argp, plump ducks. They had
Icen can.ht there v hen she upset
nd all We had to do was 10 han
.m out and rap 'pm on the hyad.r
why, why di-in't they dive
own and get from under the boatP'
skpd an amateur duck shooter.
''Nhy didn't they, sir why
i,ln't they Well, sir, | might
ave asked 'sm why they didn't:
az it was hate, cold wind had
prunI up, and | didn't feel like
liking All | know is that cuunt-
! over sixteen thousand ducks,
as upset, captured two hundred
nd Sixty four, aud have affidavils
ere IN EiY wallet To prove every.
ling hay c stated. Does any man
IRE want to see the dueumputsP
No man disl. They all lookrd uat
the wmduws aud wondered i
ley could lie that WAY when they
id passed three scnre years.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

Statistics show that, while the
popuIuion is increasing annually
at the rate Of less than two per ernt,
the ANIMAL increase OF physicians
Is five and a bali per cent, condi-
lion that can not exist through
many centuries without one inevi-
table e0uelusi0u-a population COM
posed entirely OF ply sicians.-Aed-
icsl Record
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

The physicians OF New York ha.s
discovered that the process
freezing does not kill organic griI.
in water. A piece OF Hudson nv. !.
Ice vas found to contain ) slsz li'l.s
bacteria; and as soOn IS the y
melted the typhoid breeding GER.
kicked up tbeir. heels and Eefs .
lively as 4 Spring cricket
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-22

A young Irish woman, who jump
ed into East river, New York, The
other day was pulled out by the
hair- The story Is interesting BE-
eanse II proves that many women
still wear their own hair. Suppose
they had eaaght the youns woman
By the braid